Martial Arts Prodigy Exerts Power Again, Visiting the Three Great Sects

How could Lin Hanzhou not see through the petty schemes of the three great sects?

Did they think they could just wait for his lifespan to run out and watch him die of old age?

"Heh, that's a nice thought, but unfortunately, you won't live to see that day."

Deep within the Great Gan Treasury of the imperial palace.

Lin Hanzhou sat cross-legged, slowly opening his eyes as a cold curve tugged at the corners of his mouth.

Several years had passed since he slew the two Grandmasters in the Capital City.

During these years, he had utilized the vast quantities of heavenly treasures within the royal treasury to barely replenish the essence and blood he had lost.

As for the lost lifespan, there was no way to recover it for the time being.

After all, heavenly treasures capable of extending one's lifespan were incredibly rare.

Even in the world of Blue Star, treasures that could replenish lifespan were of immense value.

However, Lin Hanzhou had never intended to rely on heavenly treasures to restore his lifespan.

When he burned his lifespan, he had already mapped out the path ahead for himself.

Over these past few months, relying on the massive resource supply of the royal family and the environment rich in spiritual energy, his cultivation had surged directly to the fourth level of the Qi Sea Realm.

He estimated that it would take him at most twenty years to reach the peak of the third stage.

Such rapid progress in cultivation was precisely why he had been willing to burn fifty years of his lifespan to hold the Capital City.

Trading fifty years of life for such a comfortable cultivation environment was entirely worth it.

Furthermore, this place housed a vast collection of martial arts manuals, allowing him to develop them through his Martial Arts Prodigy talent.

Over these years, thanks to Martial Arts Prodigy, he had cultivated his movement techniques and martial skills to the Great Success level.

One must realize that the Grandmasters of this world barely managed to cultivate their movement and martial skills to the Great Success level.

With this, Lin Hanzhou had effectively caught up to nearly a hundred years of their cultivation efforts in one go.

Not only that, but having caught up, he intended to surpass them.

In a few years, his movement and martial skills would reach perfection.

Beyond that, Lin Hanzhou had discovered a new function of Martial Arts Prodigy.

It could not only refine movement and martial skills but also improve cultivation techniques.

Lin Hanzhou had not discovered this ability before simply because he had too few reference techniques and an insufficient database.

But after flipping through the many manuals in the imperial palace, he gained a new understanding of the Luo Heaven Art.

Through his fine-tuning and improvements, the speed at which he absorbed spiritual energy while practicing the Luo Heaven Art had increased significantly.

The most direct evidence was his current cultivation at the fourth level of the Qi Sea Realm; without the improved technique, his cultivation would certainly be one level lower.

His strength was now more than a notch above what it had been during the battle in the Capital City.

If he were to face those two Grandmasters again, he wouldn't even need forbidden techniques; he could slaughter them like dogs.

Lin Hanzhou knew it was time to pay a visit to those three great sects.

It wasn't just to give them a warning; he was also quite interested in the legacy techniques of the three great sects.

He notified no one, including the Empress Li Yuechan.

Alone, he quietly left the Capital City.

His first stop was the one closest to the Capital City, the one that had once issued a warrant for his arrest—Cloud Glow Sect.

Cloud Glow Mountain was wreathed in clouds and mist, remaining as it always had been.

Lin Hanzhou, dressed in black, strolled leisurely as he stepped onto the stone stairs of the Cloud Glow Sect's mountain gate.

But at that moment, the disciples guarding the mountain immediately blocked his path.

"Who goes there? This is the restricted mountain gate of the Cloud Glow Sect. Unauthorized personnel, retreat at once."

Lin Hanzhou ignored them, simply releasing his Qi Sea Realm aura without reservation.

"BOOM!"

An invisible, majestic pressure instantly enveloped the entire Cloud Glow Mountain.

Those few guarding disciples didn't even have time to let out a scream.

They were crushed to their knees by this pressure, spitting blood, unable to move a muscle.

"What expert has arrived at our Cloud Glow Sect?!"

Several powerful auras shot into the sky from deep within the Cloud Glow Sect.

The Sect Master of Cloud Glow Sect and several elders transformed into streaks of light, appearing before the mountain gate.

When they saw Lin Hanzhou's familiar, youthful face, their expressions all shifted.

Clearly, they recognized his identity—he was none other than the currently prominent Protector Grand Master.

"I... I do not know what brings the State Preceptor to our humble abode?"

The Sect Master of the Cloud Glow Sect suppressed the shock in his heart, braced himself, and stepped forward to offer a salute.

"Nothing of great importance. It is just that This Seat has recently encountered a bottleneck in cultivation."

"I have heard that the Cloud Glow Sect has been passed down for a thousand years and possesses a profound foundation."

"I have come specifically to borrow the classics within your Scripture Pavilion, hoping to draw parallels and find a breakthrough."

Lin Hanzhou's gaze swept over them as he spoke indifferently.

"What?!"

As soon as these words were spoken, all the high-ranking members of the Cloud Glow Sect were filled with righteous indignation.

The Scripture Pavilion!

That was the place where a sect's most core and fundamental heritage resided!

How could such core secrets be allowed to be browsed at will by an outsider?!

This was simply going too far.

"State Preceptor, is this request of yours not a bit too difficult for us?"

An elder of the Cloud Glow Sect said in a deep voice.

"The cultivation techniques and classics of our Cloud Glow Sect are never passed on to outsiders; this is..."

Before he could finish his sentence, Lin Hanzhou's figure vanished from where he stood.

In the next moment, he had already appeared before that elder, his hand casually gripping the man's throat, lifting him up as if he were a mere chicken.

"This Seat is not here to negotiate with you; This Seat is here to inform you."

Lin Hanzhou's eyes were cold, and his tone was icy, devoid of any emotion.

He tossed the elder, who was already scared out of his wits, aside.

Then, his gaze swept over all the shocked and furious experts of the Cloud Glow Sect present, and he spoke slowly.

"If you do not agree, then I hope your Cloud Glow Sect's mountain gate can withstand the consequences."

He stood directly before the mountain gate of the Cloud Glow Sect, displaying an attitude of relentless confrontation.

This was a naked, overt scheme.

Would the Cloud Glow Sect exhaust the entire strength of the sect to fight him?

Or would they humiliatingly open the doors of the Scripture Pavilion and let him browse at will?

No matter which of these two choices they made, Lin Hanzhou would not be at a loss.

"I... my Cloud Glow Sect is willing to open the doors of convenience for the State Preceptor."

In the end, after an incredibly humiliating struggle, the Sect Master of the Cloud Glow Sect squeezed these words out through his teeth.

In the face of absolute power, all dignity was not worth mentioning.

He could imagine that if he did not agree, the Cloud Glow Sect would surely be bathed in blood today.

The fierce reputation of this White-Haired Sword Saint had been carved out from the slaughter of a hundred thousand armored cavalry.

Over the next month, Lin Hanzhou followed the same pattern.

He used the same method to visit the Vajra Temple, known for its body-refining techniques, and the Emotionless Gate, famous for its Daoist heart.

Without exception, after witnessing his overwhelming and terrifying strength, these two great sects could only choose to compromise.

They humiliatingly opened their own core Scripture Pavilion and allowed Lin Hanzhou to enter.

A month later, Lin Hanzhou returned to the Capital City, satisfied, carrying nearly a thousand years of martial arts classics from the three major sects, and announced his seclusion once again.

As for the three major sects, they lost all face after this ordeal, and the prestige they had accumulated over hundreds of years was wiped out in an instant.

They completely lost the confidence and spirit to contend with the imperial court.

From then on, there was no longer any voice in the entire martial arts world capable of resisting imperial power.